The actress, 49, co-hosted the GEMS Girls Like Us Benefit Gala in New York City on Wednesday night, joining author Rachel Lloyd in welcoming friends and donors to the event devoted to ending sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of girls and young women.

Moore wore a sleeveless bejeweled black dress and black heels, and flashed a smile for photographers.

Meanwhile, at a separate event in New York on Tuesday, Moore's friend Soleil Moon Frye, the former Punky Brewster star, put in a good word for her pal. "I love Demi, she's like a sister to me," Frye said at Target's 50th Anniversary party. "I will always love her, and she's a very big part of my life."